Department of  Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Associate Professor, 2019-2024

National Dental Center of Singapore, Adjunct Principal Investigator, 2020-2022 (0% of time spent in Singapore)

Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, Elsevier, Guest Associate Editor, 2022-2023 

Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, Wiley, Guest Associate Editor, 2022

Nanoscale, RSC, Guest Editor, 2020-2022

Harvard University, Visiting Scholar, 2019

School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Assistant Professor, 2012-2019

Environmental Chemistry and Materials Centre (ECMC), Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Cluster leader, 2018-2019

Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Research Associate, 2009-2012                                       

Molecular Imaging Program, Stanford University Visiting Scholar, 2004-2005

EDUCATION

Brown University (Providence/RI), PhD, Chemistry, 05/2009

Dissertation: Modification of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong), MPhil, Chemistry, 10/2004,

Dissertation: Biofunctional magnetic nanoparticles for protein separation with high specificity

Nanjing University (China), BS, Chemistry, 07/2002

AWARDS

2024, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, China

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, Stanford’s top 2% most highly cited scientists

2022, Sliver Medal at Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days 

2019, Poster Award from Nano Letters, 17th International Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

2019, Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellowship in Engineering  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2013, Finalist of NRF fellowship 2013 and NAP 2013, National Research Foundation, Singapore

2009, Joukowsky Outstanding Dissertation Prize Brown University, USA

2009, Potter Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Brown University, USA

2007, Vince Wernig Fellowship, Brown University, USA